Connie — The TV Editor for Black Girl Nerds and…
Thanks to a new partnership with Netflix, Black Girl Nerds knows exactly what new Black titles are coming to Netflix this April. Get your binge on, friends.
April 1st
Richard Pryor’s stand-up special Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin‘.
Cool Runnings.
Boy Bye (2016). Directed by Chris Stokes, screenplay by Marques Houston (yes, Roger from Sister, Sister). Starring Shondrella Avery, Tammy Townsend, Omar Gooding, Wendy Raquel Robinson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHvS6OcS6rg
April 4
April 7
The Get Down Season 2. Check out our review here.
April 11
Kevin Hart: What Now
April 14
Sandy Wexler is one of Adam Sandler’s upcoming Netflix movies. It’s basically a show-biz rom-com featuring a TON of people you’ve heard of. You can decide if how you feel about Adam Sandler these days balances how you feel about Jennifer Hudson, Terry Crews, Larmorne Morris, and a plethora of other black (and non-black) comedians and actors who make appearances in the film (including Carl Weathers, Arsenio Hall, and Chris Rock).
April 25
Disney’s Queen of Katwe, starring Madina Nalwanga, Lupita Nyong’o, and David Oyelowo.
April 28th
Dear White People, season one. Check out our SXSW coverage.
Rodney King Documentary. Directed by Spike Lee.
A Murder in the Park (2014). A true crime documentary.
What are you most excited to watch this month?
Connie — The TV Editor for Black Girl Nerds and a writer for a children's magazine in NYC — is a TV junkie and entertainment writer. She is formerly a writer for the New York Daily News. She tweets about her favorite TV shows and pop culture from her hobbit hole that looks an awful lot like Hufflepuff House. She also probably has 37 tabs open. She should close at least one of them. Follow her on Twitter and most places: @ConStar24